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Urban Transformations: In Durban, Informal Workers Design Marketplaces Instead of Getting Displaced by Them

April 7, 20195 years ago World Resources Institute 0 Comments

The story of how Warwick Junction bucked the global trend of replacing informal markets with malls and shopping centers is a testament to the compromise, conflict, and resourcefulness of a small set of actors – informal workers, local officials and the small non-profit Asiye eTafuleni (Zulu for “bring it to the table”). It is a story of social healing and the enduring contradictions of a modern African city.

5 Cities Show What Urban Transformation Looks Like

December 29, 20185 years ago World Resources Institute 0 Comments

The WRI Ross Prize for Cities aims to spotlight exemplary real-world examples of urban transformation to help inspire better cities for all. Nearly 200 projects around the globe submitted applications for the inaugural $250,000 prize.

Renewable Cities Conversations — 100% Renewable Energy, How Cities Can & Are Leading, &… Just…

December 26, 20158 years ago Zachary Shahan 2 Comments

I’ve been meaning for months to get back to covering all of the one-on-one conversations between cleantech experts that the Renewable Cities team organized during the Renewable Cities Global Learning Forum. Thanks to Christmas weekend, I can finally get to these! Below are six more of these conversations, followed at the end … [continued]

Paris Climate Talks In Review: Part One

December 18, 20158 years ago Guest Contributor 0 Comments

Originally published on FGI Publishing. By Dr. Timothy Cadman Anatomy of the Negotiations As the citizens of France and the world mourned the loss of life in Paris in the wake of the November 13 attacks, it was troubling to note the apparent parallels between the inability of the global … [continued]

Solar-Powered Convention Centre To Offset Carbon Emissions At Doha Climate Change Conference

November 18, 201211 years ago Mridul Chadha 0 Comments

The Qatar National Convention Centre (QNCC) will host the Convention of Parties 18, one of the most critical editions of the climate change negotiations, this Nov 26–Dec 7. The Centre will be partly powered by solar energy. The building is one of the most energy-efficient venues of its kind … [continued]

China and India Ineligible for Carbon Capture Funding?

December 30, 201112 years ago susan 2 Comments

China, India, Ghana, Qatar, United Arab Emirates and South Africa may be eliminated as eligible countries for Clean Mechanism Development (CDM) funding for Carbon Capture and Sequestration (CSS) projects in new negotiations following the Durban climate talks.

Was the Kyoto Protocol a Success or Failure?

December 29, 201112 years ago silviomarcacci 1 Comment

Almost 15 years ago, the world gathered in Japan to negotiate the Kyoto Protcol, a landmark international treaty to limit greenhouse gases. As the expiration date of the world’s first carbon cutting treaty draws closer, energyNOW! asks – was Kyoto a success or a failure?

Carbon Capture Safeguards Agreed to at Durban Climate Talks

December 12, 201112 years ago susan 3 Comments

With the approval of rules on the inclusion of carbon capture and storage allocations at the Durban climate talks that just concluded, a potentially huge carbon capture and storage (CCS) industry is created. The Saudis have asked for years for CCS to be included (as one of the possible emission … [continued]

How the Durban Climate Agreement Sidesteps Republican Obstruction

December 12, 201112 years ago susan 9 Comments

For the first time in the history of climate negotiations, all nations, including the world’s largest carbon emitters – China and the US – have agreed to work towards emissions-reduction targets binding every nation equally “with legal force.” The last-minute successful agreement at Durban puts pressure on what has been … [continued]